WEBVTT Kind: captions; Language: en 00:00:02.001 --> 00:00:07.001 Sky over the Atlantic. The vast air ocean that must have struck endlessly for 00:00:07.001 --> 00:00:11.001 Columbus, when he sailed from Europe to America a few hundred years ago 00:00:11.001 --> 00:00:13.001 in over two long months. 00:00:14.001 --> 00:00:18.001 The same air ocean over the Atlantic probably did not seem as endless to Charles 00:00:18.001 --> 00:00:23.000 A. Lindbergh, when he flew from New York to Paris some thirty years ago. But 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:29.001 still, it took over thirty-three 00:00:45.001 --> 00:00:57.000 hours. Today, that same Atlantic air ocean, leaving Columbus two months and 00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:07.001 Lindbergh's ship. The year 1954 marked an historic event in the history of 00:01:07.001 --> 00:01:26.000 aviation. A new flight was 00:01:29.001 --> 00:01:35.001 there. There was nothing unusual about airport operations before Flight 1000's 00:01:35.001 --> 00:01:39.001 take-off. It was duly announced and passengers checked in. 00:01:42.001 --> 00:01:46.001 Flight 1000's destination, London. 00:01:49.001 --> 00:01:55.000 Luggage was prepared for loading and all other routine pre-flight activities were 00:01:55.000 --> 00:02:00.000 taking place. One thousand seemed to be just another flight to London in all 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:06.000 respects except that its passenger list was twice as large as on ordinary trips. 00:02:24.001 --> 00:02:31.000 Flight 1000 was airborne, but no plane was used. This was the first of so-called 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:35.000 airline paper flights, a complete simulation of an actual flight that's been 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:39.001 repeated more than two thousand times since. The reason? To prepare for the 00:02:39.001 --> 00:02:44.001 revolution in transportation that is now here. The advent of commercial flying by 00:02:44.001 --> 00:02:51.000 jet clipper. In those early days, weather information for Flight 1000 and all the 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:55.000 other paper jet flights was gathered as carefully as if real jets were to cross 00:02:55.000 --> 00:03:00.000 the Atlantic, gaining invaluable advance information about jet travel. For 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:05.000 example, it is now known that at the altitudes at which jet screws generally 30 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:11.001 to 40 thousand feet, flying will be above the weather. After years of paper 00:03:11.001 --> 00:03:15.001 flights like number 1000 and many hundreds of real flights with prototypes, 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:17.001 the jet age is now here. 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:24.001 The jet age begins before takeoff at the airline's new terminal now under 00:03:24.001 --> 00:03:29.000 construction at Idlewild Airport, New York. Jets are parked around it as in this 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:33.001 model. Passengers will board by walking along a covered ramp directly to the 00:03:33.001 --> 00:03:39.000 cabin level. Ground transportation delivers travelers directly to check-in 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:43.001 counters. The circular design of the terminal along with its unique counter 00:03:43.001 --> 00:03:55.001 -leaver 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:07.001 This is it. The first American commercial jet capable of economical transatlantic 00:04:07.001 --> 00:04:13.001 service, the Boeing 707 jet clipper. First to go aboard cargo and mail. 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:19.000 Cargo shipments will be able to reach Europe in just six and a half hours. A 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:23.000 letter posted in London or Paris after the close of business may arrive in New 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:27.000 York the same night and be waiting for the address he had his breakfast table or 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:34.000 office the next morning. Speed is a byword 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:35.001 for every part of jet operations. 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:40.001 Since with some arrangements of seats, more than 150 passengers can be 00:04:40.001 --> 00:04:45.000 accommodated. There is an entrance at the back and the front while plane 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:49.001 servicing facilities are on the far side. One indication of the staggering impact 00:04:49.001 --> 00:04:55.000 of jet travel, every one of the airline's dozens of jet planes can carry as many 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:58.001 people in a year's time as the biggest ocean liner. 00:05:04.001 --> 00:05:09.000 Last item aboard, the purses briefcase containing log, manifest and other 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:16.000 necessary documents. For the crew ready to taxi to the runway now, 00:05:16.001 --> 00:05:20.001 fewer instruments than on propeller driven craft and engines that are so much 00:05:20.001 --> 00:05:26.001 easier to handle and maintain. The magnificent new jet with a wing spread that's 00:05:26.001 --> 00:05:29.001 bigger than the entire distance of the Wright brothers first flight. 00:05:33.001 --> 00:05:40.001 Take off without 00:05:40.001 --> 00:05:45.000 any need for engine warm up. With outside noise now reduced to no more than that 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:51.000 of propeller driven planes. Capable of traveling at 575 miles per hour or more. 00:05:51.001 --> 00:05:54.001 Much higher and faster than you've ever flown before. 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:06.000 The first passenger jet clipper to fly 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:10.001 the Atlantic. Because of its greater size and speed, it will do the job of 00:06:10.001 --> 00:06:13.000 several of the biggest propeller driven planes. 00:06:17.001 --> 00:06:24.000 Welcome aboard. Welcome aboard the spacious cabin, 00:06:24.001 --> 00:06:29.001 attractively decorated, air conditioned, but draft free. Newly designed 00:06:29.001 --> 00:06:32.000 individual overhead light units are an innovation. 00:06:35.001 --> 00:06:39.000 Roominess extends even to the powder rooms, which look like 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:40.001 those in a private home. 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:48.001 And a new sensation, complete absence of vibration. 00:06:51.001 --> 00:06:58.000 Near sonic speed, but inside one of the most stunning discoveries. 00:06:58.001 --> 00:07:04.001 There is no feeling of movement at all. No vibration, hardly any sound. A new 00:07:04.001 --> 00:07:09.000 concept in air transportation. The travail has been taken out of travel. 00:07:12.001 --> 00:07:18.000 Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We are now at cruising 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:20.000 altitude 35,000 feet. 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:25.001 Our flying speed is 575 miles per hour. In addition, we're benefiting from a 00:07:25.001 --> 00:07:30.001 substantial tailwind, like courtesy of the jet stream. Hence our ground speed is 00:07:30.001 --> 00:07:37.000 now approximately 658 miles per hour. Indications are that our arrival at London 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:41.001 Airport may be ahead of schedule. I'll be speaking with you again from time to 00:07:41.001 --> 00:07:48.000 time. Thank you. This is the atmosphere on a jet clipper flight. 00:07:48.001 --> 00:07:52.001 Delicious food adds to the enjoyment. It's prepared in four simultaneously 00:07:52.001 --> 00:08:11.000 operating galleys where dishes can be cooked in five minute ovens. 00:08:11.001 --> 00:08:16.000 Scenes of living room quiet and relaxation. The mood enhanced by lighting that 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:19.000 can be changed from the pale pink of dawn through all the 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:21.000 variations to the dark blue of night. 00:08:22.001 --> 00:08:37.001 Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain again. I've just been talking with 00:08:37.001 --> 00:08:42.000 flight control at London Airport. The temperature there is 64 degrees and the 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:46.001 weather is clear. If you haven't already changed your watches to conform to the 00:08:46.001 --> 00:08:52.000 time difference, I suggest you do so now. We are now making our descent. I won't 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:55.001 be speaking to you again as we'll be in our landing pattern over London in the 00:08:55.001 --> 00:09:00.000 next few minutes. It was a pleasure to have you aboard our jet clipper. We hope 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:02.000 to have you with us again soon. Thank you. 00:09:22.001 --> 00:09:26.000 New York to London, in the same time that it takes you to 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:27.001 go and see a baseball double-header. 00:09:28.001 --> 00:09:35.000 New York to London in six and a half magic hours. It all goes so fast now and 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:40.000 it's so comfortable that you feel as if you hadn't traveled at all. Many hours 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:41.001 gained and no sleep loss. 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:58.001 London, the splendid ceremony called Trooping the Color, 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:00.001 celebrating the Queen's birthday. 00:10:04.001 --> 00:10:11.000 And you arrive not only with more time on hand but also not travel fatigue. 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:16.001 You can take in the scenes and events more fully and at a more leisurely pace. 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:21.001 Only one of the remarkable gains made possible by jet flying. 00:10:56.001 --> 00:11:02.000 New York to Paris, seven hours. Only 30 minutes longer than to London. 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:11.001 Paris, right away you're in the swim of things because once more you've landed 00:11:11.001 --> 00:11:17.000 refreshed and with extra hours to do what you want to do in a leisurely way. 00:11:21.001 --> 00:11:28.001 Experiences like these, which used to be rare events for the 00:11:28.001 --> 00:11:33.000 few of the few thousand, are becoming neighborly visits for the millions because 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:38.000 international air traffic already increased five-fold during the last 12 years 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:41.001 now undergoes its greatest change. 00:11:51.001 --> 00:11:56.000 Jet speeds will help to accomplish one of man's long-sought goals and easy 00:11:56.000 --> 00:12:01.001 interchange of peoples throughout the world. Transoceanic flights now become 00:12:01.001 --> 00:12:05.001 short hops six and a half magic hours to Europe.